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Description:Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 28. Chapters: Custis family residences, Martha Washington, Abingdon, Oney Judge, George Washington Custis Lee, Tudor Place, Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial, George Washington Parke Custis, Eleanor Calvert, William Henry Fitzhugh Lee, White House, Mary Anna Custis Lee, Elizabeth Parke Custis Law, Martha Parke Custis Peter, Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis, Christopher Sheels, Daniel Parke Custis, John Parke Custis, Ann Bolling Randolph Fitzhugh, John Custis, Mary Lee Fitzhugh Custis, Ravensworth, Thomas Law House. Excerpt: Abingdon (also known as the Alexander-Custis Plantation) was an 18th- and 19th-century plantation that the prominent Alexander, Custis, Stuart, and Hunter families owned. The plantation's site is now located in Arlington County in the U.S. state of Virginia. Abingdon is known as the birthplace of Eleanor "Nelly" Parke Custis Lewis (March 31, 1779 - July 15, 1852), a granddaughter of Martha Washington and a step-granddaughter of United States President George Washington. Abingdon may also have been home to the progenitor of all weeping willows (Salix babylonica) in the United States. Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, which occupies part of Abingdon's grounds, contains indoor and outdoor displays that commemorate the plantation's history. The land on which Abingdon was built, known as Gravelly Point, was originally part of a larger holding granted in 1669 by letters patent to a shipmaster, Robert Howson, for headrights for settlers that he had brought to the Colony of Virginia. Howson soon sold the patent to a sea captain and surveyor, John Alexander, for 6,000 pounds of tobacco. Alexander was descended from the MacDonald clan of Scotland and was a son of the Earl of Stirling. He immigrated to Virginia in 1659 and settled in Stafford County. When Alexander purchased the Howson patent, the patent cov...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Custis Family of Virginia: Martha Washington, Oney Judge, William Henry Fitzhugh Lee, George Washington Parke Custis. To get started finding Custis Family of Virginia: Martha Washington, Oney Judge, William Henry Fitzhugh Lee, George Washington Parke Custis, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 28. Chapters: Custis family residences, Martha Washington, Abingdon, Oney Judge, George Washington Custis Lee, Tudor Place, Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial, George Washington Parke Custis, Eleanor Calvert, William Henry Fitzhugh Lee, White House, Mary Anna Custis Lee, Elizabeth Parke Custis Law, Martha Parke Custis Peter, Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis, Christopher Sheels, Daniel Parke Custis, John Parke Custis, Ann Bolling Randolph Fitzhugh, John Custis, Mary Lee Fitzhugh Custis, Ravensworth, Thomas Law House. Excerpt: Abingdon (also known as the Alexander-Custis Plantation) was an 18th- and 19th-century plantation that the prominent Alexander, Custis, Stuart, and Hunter families owned. The plantation's site is now located in Arlington County in the U.S. state of Virginia. Abingdon is known as the birthplace of Eleanor "Nelly" Parke Custis Lewis (March 31, 1779 - July 15, 1852), a granddaughter of Martha Washington and a step-granddaughter of United States President George Washington. Abingdon may also have been home to the progenitor of all weeping willows (Salix babylonica) in the United States. Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, which occupies part of Abingdon's grounds, contains indoor and outdoor displays that commemorate the plantation's history. The land on which Abingdon was built, known as Gravelly Point, was originally part of a larger holding granted in 1669 by letters patent to a shipmaster, Robert Howson, for headrights for settlers that he had brought to the Colony of Virginia. Howson soon sold the patent to a sea captain and surveyor, John Alexander, for 6,000 pounds of tobacco. Alexander was descended from the MacDonald clan of Scotland and was a son of the Earl of Stirling. He immigrated to Virginia in 1659 and settled in Stafford County. When Alexander purchased the Howson patent, the patent cov...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Custis Family of Virginia: Martha Washington, Oney Judge, William Henry Fitzhugh Lee, George Washington Parke Custis. To get started finding Custis Family of Virginia: Martha Washington, Oney Judge, William Henry Fitzhugh Lee, George Washington Parke Custis, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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